‘Before they pull the trigger’
February 24th, 2008
Here’s a letter to the editor of Chicago’s Daily Herald:
Concealed carry won’t bring peace
Once again, tragedy strikes and the NRA pops out of the woodwork — Give every impulsive, low self-esteemed, road raging hot shot a pistol and we’ll have peace on earth.
And this garbage about having safer streets when law-abiding citizens can carry weapons?
Murderers are usually law-abiding before they pull the trigger.
Familiarity with human nature is not an NRA strong-suit. Imagine the carnage at NIU if 20 or 30 armed and frightened students had opened fire.
No strawmen there, are there?
And we don’t have to imagine the carnage at NIU if only the killer had opened fire. Sadly, no imagination is necessary.
